Car journal-box.



J. NOLL.

OAR JOURNAL BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1, 1912.

1,058,893. Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH (JO-.WASHXNGTON, D. c.

JOSEPH NOLL, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CAR JOURNAL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Application filed May 1, 1912. Serial No. 694,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Now, a citizen of the United States, residingat Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Car J ournal-Boxes, of which thefollowing is'a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car journal boxes.

Among the objects of the invention are to so construct the lid or coverthat it can be easily detached from or attached to the body of thejournal box, to cast or otherwise form the hinge pintle integral withthe lid or cover, and to maintain the lid or cover in its closedposition with a spring tension by devices which are attached to thesides ofv with the lid or cover detached therefrom.-

Fig. 4 is a detached front face view of the lid or cover. Fig. 5 is anenlarged fragmentary section on line (0 -01. Fig. 2, the lid or coverbeing in its normally closed position. Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentarysection on line aa Fig. 2, the lid or cover being in its open position.Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view of the car ournal box toillustrate one of the spring cushions. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detachedhorizontal section through one of the top flanged caps.

In referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals designate likeparts.

The body 1 of the car journal box is constructed in the well knownconventional hollow form to receive the end of a car axle and isprovided with the usual outer opening which is normally closed bya lidor cover. The box body is preferably cast of wroughtiron or othersuitable metal, and two lugs 2 are cast integral with or fastened to theouter corners of the top thereof. The lugs 2 are provided withrearwardly extending.

horizontal slots 3 and constitute the hinge lugs to which the lid orcover is pivoted. In practice, the lugs 2 are preferably cast so as toextend vertically up and the upper portions thereof are then bentdownward and backward to provide the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

A hollow socket member or'lug 4 is located on each side of the body 1and in a slightly lower horizontal plane than the hmge lugs 2. A spiralspring 5 is placed in each socket member or lug 4 substantially as shownin Figs. 5 and 6. A hollow or flanged top member or cap 6 is loosely andslidably telescoped on each socket 4 and the inner portion of the cap iscut away sufficiently on its inner side to provide a vertical slot 7, asshown in Fig. 8, for the passage of the metal oining the socket lug 4 tothe side of the body 1. a

A lid or cover is hinged tothe body 1 and is adapted to close the outeropening in said body. The preferred construction of the lid or cover isshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 1 especially Fig. 4, to which reference is to behad and it consists of a substantially fiat rectangular plate 8 and twolongitudinally extending ribs 9 011 the outer surface of the plate 8,the outer portions of which project beyond the end of the plate and bendlaterally to form offset extensions 10 which are considerably wider thanthe ribs 9 as shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6. Transverse hinge pintles 11extend out-wardly'at substantially right angles from the offsetextensions 10 as shown in Fig. 4 and are adapted to slide and rock inthe slots 3 of the hinge lugs 2, see Figs. 5 and 6.

Enlarged cams 12 are formed on the outer extremities of the hingepintles 11, which, when the lid or cover is in place on the body of thebox, contact with the top surface of the flanged cap 6 as shown moreparticularly in Figs. 5 and 6. Each cam 12 is provided with a projectingport-ion 13 having two flat surfaces 14 and 15 which are disposed at approximately right angles to each other, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and araised portion 16 is formed at one side of the top surface of the cap 6against the top of which the flat surface 14; of the projecting portion13 of the cam presses when the lid or cover is in its closed position asshown in Fig. 5, thereby locking the lid or cover tightly in its closedposition with a spring tension.

When the lid or cover is in its open or raised position the other flatsurface 15 conoutward.

A, lifting projection 18 is formed at the lower end of the 11d or coverfor convenience 1n opening or closing the same, see Figs. 1,

2 and a.

In this improved structure the lid or cover i can be completely detachedfrom the body of the box by opening the lid from the position shown inFig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 6 and then moving the lidhorizontally back a suflicient distance to remove the hinge pintles 11from the slots 3. The top caps 6 and spiral springs 5 can also be easilyllfted off for repair or replacement when the lid or cover is detached.

The prlncipal advantages of th1s improvement reside in the extremelyquick and convenient manner of detaching and attaching the lid or coverto the body, in the arrangement of spring cushions for locking the lidin its closed position on the sides of the body of the box, in the camson the ends of the hinge pintles which bear against the spring cushionsand in the provision of two shoulders at right angles to each other oneach cam, one of said shoulders being adapted to engage a raised portionon the spring cushion and thereby frictionally lock the lid or cover inits closed position and the other of said shoulders being adapted tofrictionally hold the lid or cover in its open position.

I claim In a device of the class described, a box body having hingelugs, a lid or cover for said body having hinge pintles adapted toengage in said lugs and said hinge pintles having cam shaped outer endportions; each of said cam shaped outer end portions having two flatside surfaces extending at an angle to each other, and spring cushionsadapted to press against the cam end portions and each consisting of avertical socket member supported from the side of the box body, a spiralspring loosely supported in upright position in said socket member and acap member loosely telescoping on the socket member; said cap memberhaving a portion of its top surface raised above the surface of theremainder to provide a raised portion, and one of the flat surfaces ofthe cam end portion of one of the hinge pintles being adapted to contactwith the top surface of said raised port-ion when the lid is in itsclosed position and the other fiat surface being adapted to contact withan unraised portion of the top surface of the cap member when the lid isin its open position.

JOSEPH NOLL.

Witnesses:

A. J. SANGSTER, D. H. HARPER.

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